person
Old Humbug
also: Old Hum.
The master of 'Humbug's House' and Young Humbug's father; 'humbug' was already period slang for a hoax or deceptive nonsense, Austen's private joke in a comedy built entirely around a secret nobody ever explains.
person
also: Old Hum.
The master of 'Humbug's House' and Young Humbug's father; 'humbug' was already period slang for a hoax or deceptive nonsense, Austen's private joke in a comedy built entirely around a secret nobody ever explains.